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All Hail the Generalist

Harvard Business Review

To begin, our highly interconnected and global economy means that seemingly unrelated developments can affect each other. But perhaps a slowdown in China, which can take away the "bid" for certain industrial commodities, might adversely affect many of the Latin American extraction-based companies, countries, and economies. Why's that?

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Motivating People Starts with Having the Right Attitude

Harvard Business Review

Many leaders don’t understand that they are an integral part of the motivational ecosystem in their companies. One problem that gets in the way is a mechanistic, instrumental view of the human beings who sit at our companies’ desks.

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Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

Harvard Business Review

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your full name, company or university affiliation, and email address.